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7062329 Implantable cardiac system with a selectable active housing  
The housing of an implantable cardiac device is selectively made active or passive by an external connector member, such as a shorting plug or lead connector inserted in its header. Advantageously,...
7058452 Pacemaker connector part and manufacturing process for making same  
In a process for manufacturing a female connector for a pacemaker, a tubular ceramic insert is formed with a longitudinal bore and with two radial holes connecting internal contact surfaces with...
7054692 Fixation device for implantable microdevices  
A fixation device fixes the position of an implantable microminiature device residing proximally to a target site such as a nerve or a muscle. In one embodiment, the device comprises a sheath and a...
7054691 Partitioned implantable system  
An implantable system includes a plurality of implantable devices that are detachably coupled to each other. Each implantable device of the system includes: (1) an hermetically-sealed case housing...
7047075 Apparatus for actively monitoring device for lead fixation in implantable tissue stimulators  
To provide a positive indication that a medical lead terminal is properly secured within the longitudinal bore in the header of an implantable medical device there is provided a force sensor...
7047074 Electromagnetic interference immune tissue invasive system  
An electromagnetic immune tissue invasive system includes a primary device housing. The primary device housing having a control circuit therein. A shielding is formed around the primary device...
7047076 Inverted-F antenna configuration for an implantable medical device  
Systems, methods and devices facilitating wireless communication with a medical device employ an antenna that provides for increased efficiency, broader bandwidth, and/or improved impedance...
7043299 Subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator employing a telescoping lead  
One embodiment of the present invention provides an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator for subcutaneous positioning between the third rib and the twelfth rib within a patient, the implantable...
7039465 Ceramics and/or other material insulated shell for active and non-active S-ICD can  
An implantable cardioverter-defibrillator for subcutaneous positioning between the third rib and the twelfth rib within a patient, the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator including a housing,...
7039459 Cardioverter-defibrillator having a focused shocking area and orientation thereof  
One embodiment of the present invention provides an implantable cardioverter defibrillator for subcutaneous positioning between the third rib and the twelfth rib within a patient, the implantable...
7035688 Laminate of magnetic material and method of making  
A laminate having a plurality of layers of magnetic material sandwiched together having a first side and a second side and a method of making the laminate. The plurality of layers of magnetic...
7020525 Flexible electrical interconnect for an implantable medical device  
A flat ribbon cable for interconnecting electrical components mounted in mating clamshell enclosure halves of an implantable cardiac stimulation device. The ribbon cable is configured to butterfly...
7016733 Telemetry antenna for an implantable medical device  
Improved telemetry antennas and methods of fabrication for an implantable medical device (IMD) for use in uplink telemetry (UT) and downlink telemetry (DT) transmissions between the IMD and an...
7016734 360-degree flat-surface mechanical stop for lead connector block and setscrew system  
A connector block and associated locking setscrew for an implantable electronic tissue stimulating device are designed to eliminate thread damage to the setscrew which is a cause of the setscrew...
7002790 Capacitor in an implantable medical device  
A capacitor in an implantable medical device is provided. The capacitor having an anode, a cathode including a conductive coating, and an electrolyte disposed and in contact between the anode and...
6999818 Inductor capacitor EMI filter for human implant applications  
A feedthrough terminal assembly for an active implantable medical device includes a conductive ferrule conductively coupled to a housing of the medical device, a feedthrough capacitor conductively...
6988003 Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator having two spaced apart shocking electrodes on housing  
One embodiment of the present invention provides an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator for subcutaneous positioning over a patient's ribcage, the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator includes...
6975906 One piece header assembly over molded to an implantable medical device  
The present invention is directed to a header assembly attachable to a medical device for the purpose of connecting its output terminals to at least one lead, the lead terminating at a target organ...
6968234 Implantable medical device having biologically active polymeric casing  
An implantable medical device has a medical unit, such as a pacemaker lead, and a casing at least partially enclosing the medical unit. The casing is formed of a base polymer such as a...
6966322 Enhanced chronic lead removal  
An implantable medical device, perhaps a pacemaker lead, has a medical unit and a casing at least partially enclosing the medical unit. The casing is formed of a base polymer having surface...
6963780 Implantable medical device including a surface-mount terminal array  
An implantable medical device comprises an enclosure, a first plurality of electrical contacts disposed within the enclosure, at least a first electrical component secured within the enclosure, a...
6961610 Branched polyethylene oxide terminated biomedical polymers and their use in biomedical devices  
A biomedical polymer has a substantially linear base polymer; and branched polyethylene oxide covalently bonded to the base polymer as surface active end groups. The branched polyethylene oxide has...
6961619 Subcutaneously implantable power supply  
A subcutaneously implantable power supply is a device for powering implantable medical devices. The device has one or more thin photovoltaic cells contained in a case formed of a lamination of a...
6931283 Implantable tissue stimulating device  
A housing for an implantable tissue stimulating device is connectable to an electrode lead having an electrode. A portion of the housing also functions as an electrode. The walls of the housing are...
6931284 Implantable medical device with air core antenna assembly  
An implantable medical device that includes an enclosure, an electrical module for the desired stimulation, sensing and communications functions, a power source, an air-core antenna, and supporting...
6901292 Control of externally induced current in an implantable pulse generator  
The present invention takes the form of a current limiting apparatus and method for limiting current flow, induced when the level of an external signal is greater than an external signal threshold...
6889084 Implantable medical device incorporating miniaturized circuit module  
Implantable medical devices (IMDs) having RF telemetry capabilities for uplink transmitting patient data and downlink recieving programming commands to and from an external programmer having an...
6879855 Zinc air battery and its uses  
The invention is a method for increasing the airflow to a zinc-air battery such that the energy density is 500 mwh/cc to 1000 mwh/cc. This allows 8 to 16 hours use as a primary (throw-away)...
6879861 Polymeric materials with improved dielectric breakdown strength  
A novel polymeric electrically insulating material that includes a linked voltage stabilizing agent. Also provided are methods of making the novel material and articles and devices that incorporate...
6879857 Method of manufacturing implantable tissue stimulating devices  
A method of fabricating implantable electronic medical devices eliminates the use of a backfill tube on the header or feed-through by reconfiguring the device's lead connector block anchor so as to...
6866044 Method of insertion and implantation of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator canisters  
One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of inserting an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator within a patient, the method including the steps of providing a...
6855456 Titanium alloy-pin battery feedthrough for an implantable medical device  
A feedthrough arrangement includes a titanium alloy terminal for conducting electrical current between a first environment within a housing and a second environment outside of the housing. An...
6850803 Implantable medical device with a recharging coil magnetic shield  
A rechargeable implantable medical device with a magnetic shield placed on the distal side of a secondary recharging coil to improve recharging efficiency is disclosed. The rechargeable implantable...
6799072 Electrically insulated component sub-assemblies of implantable medical devices  
Implantable medical devices (IMDs) and their various components, particularly methods and apparatus for electrically isolating and supporting components of an IMD IPG, e.g., capacitors of a...
6788974 Radian curve shaped implantable cardioverter-defibrillator canister  
One embodiment of the present invention provides an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator for subcutaneous positioning between the third rib and the twelfth rib within a patient, the implantable...
6782290 Implantable medical device with rechargeable thin-film microbattery power source  
The present invention is an implantable medical device comprising an outer housing, electronics within the outer housing, the electronics located in on a substrate circuit board, and a rechargeable...
6778857 Alpha particle suppression of electronic packaging  
An implantable medical device in the form of a cardiac stimulation device such as a pacemaker or defibrillator includes a hermetically sealed housing having an inner peripheral surface, an...
6736770 Implantable medical device comprising an hermetically sealed housing  
The invention relates to an implantable medical device having an hermetically tight housing, which houses an electronic unit as well as an electrochemical energy storage for supplying the medical...
6721602 Implantable medical device assembly and manufacturing method  
In general, the invention is directed to an implantable medical device assembly having a more space-efficient housing and components, as well as processes for assembling the implantable medical...
6654638 Ultrasonically activated electrodes  
An implantable electrode, where the electrode comprises a first piezoelectric element which converts mechanical energy into electrical energy, and a cathode and an anode, where electrical energy...
6650942 Implantable medical device with dual cell power source  
An implantable medical device having a dual cell power source powering a high-power output circuit and a low-power control circuit. The power source includes a first, high-rate cell and a second,...
6626931 Implantable medical electronics using high voltage flip chip components  
An implantable medical device having reduced volume includes a high voltage die mounted to a substrate and assembled into a device body. The die is flip chip mounted, reducing the size of the...
6622046 Subcutaneous sensing feedthrough/electrode assembly  
Structures and methods relating to electrodes for incorporation into a feedthrough with a profile adapted for subcutaneous sensing of physiologic and cardiac signals. Electrode assemblies are...
6611709 Storage of defibrillation electrodes  
A defibrillator in which electrodes with a limited shelf life are stored largely out of view from the exterior of the unit, but the expiration date or other marking indicative of expiration or...
6586675 Feedthrough devices  
A feedthrough device having a ground wire that is coupled to both a metallic ferrule and to an insulating material and methods of making the device are provided. The ground wire is coupled or...
6574508 Dismountable connector head for an active implantable medical device such as a pacemaker, a defibrillator and/or cardiovertor  
A dismountable connector head for an active implantable medical device such as a pacemaker, defibrillator, and/or cardioverter. The device includes a case ( 12 ) comprising on one of its faces a...
6551345 Protection apparatus for implantable medical device  
A method and apparatus for protecting an electronic implantable medical device prior to it being implanted in a patient's body. The apparatus affords protection against electronic component damage...
6542777 Spiral shield for a flexible high-Q implantable inductively coupled device  
A spiral shield for an implantable secondary coil confines the electrical field of the coil, and thus prevents capacitive coupling of the coil through surrounding dielectrics (such as human...
6522915 Surround shroud connector and electrode housings for a subcutaneous electrode array and leadless ECGS  
The invention discloses a subcutaneous electrode array or SEA for use in medical devices. The arrangement provides an enhanced capability for detecting and gathering electrical cardiac signals via...
6516808 Hermetic feedthrough for an implantable device  
The present invention provides an implantable substrate sensor comprising electronic circuitry formed within, or on, a substrate. A protective coating then covers the substrate, forming a...
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